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Sandwich-class second-rate ship of the line

1759 class of British second-rate ships of the line

The Sandwich class ships of the line were a class of three 90-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.

== Ships == HMS Sandwich Builder: Chatham Dockyard Ordered: 22 November 1755 Launched: 14 April 1759 Fate: Broken up, 1810 HMS Ocean Builder: Chatham Dockyard Ordered: 22 April 1758 Launched: 21 April 1761 Fate: Sold out of the service, 1793 HMS Blenheim Builder: Woolwich Dockyard Ordered: 12 November 1755 Launched: 5 July 1761 Fate: Wrecked, 1807

Citations

== References == Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8. Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.

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